Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 269, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1923 — Page 6

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TRIBESMEN’S TRAINING AT SOUTHERN CAMP INCLUDES DAILY DRILLS, HI-LO AND BATTING PRACTICE; RESULTS ARE SHOWN AS PLAYERS START ROUNDING INTO FORM

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UPPER ROW. LEFT TO RIGHT: ARTHUR QUEISSER, INDIANAPOLIS AMATEUR CATCHER, A FUTURE GREAT; DIXON CATCHING CHHItISTENBURY BATTEN’; CLUBHOUSE SHOWING INDIANS RESTING BETWEEN DRILLS; ALL SIX-FOOTERS, CAVET, EROWN, PAYNE, SCHOTT AND KIRKE; DIXON CATCHING, WHELAN BATTING.

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LOWER ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: DIXON CATCHING, CAMPBELL BATTING; DIXON CATCHING, SCHOTT BATTING; HI-LO GAME, LEFT TO RIGHT, WHELAN, DIXON, SICK ING, SEIB AND HENDRICKS; DIXON CATCHING, BROWN BATTING; DIXON CATCHING, PAYNE, ROOKIE OUTFIELDER FROM GRAND RAPIDS. CENTRA!. LEAGUE. RATTING.

ELLIS MUST REPORT OR REHG, HAMILL RETURN President Hickey Tells Owner Smith Louisville Deal Is Off if Colonel Outfielder Balks, By EDDIE ASH Times Staff Correspondent BOGALUSA, La., March 21.—Unless Outfielder A1 Ellis reports to the Indians the Rehg-Hamill-Ellis deal with Louisville, made during the past winter, will be called off and Rehg and Hamill ordered returned to the Indianapolis club, Owner Smith of the club said today he had been informed by President Hickey of the American Association. Hickey has advised Smith of his official opinion on the case. 'I he A. A. proxy is taking a personal interest in the affair and is endeavoring to influence Ellis to join the Tribe.

The BogalusA Y. M. C. A. basketball team defeated the Tribe net tessers Tuesday night in a rough game, 33 to 21. The Indians braced in the second half, after trailing, 19 to 5, in the first period. Weather permitting, the Indians were going to play a practice game today. They had planned it for Monday, but rain and cold weather interfered and the ground was not in shape Tuesday for the contest. Hendricks divided the squad into two teams and shuffled up regulars and rookies in a way that made the teams appear evenly matched. It was to be a regular nine-inning affair. The Tribe athletse were on the playing field from 1:30 to 4 Tuesday. Petty and Fitzsimmons developed sore arms, but the aches did not appear to be of serious nature. Frigid weather prevailed Tuesday morning and a thin coating of ice appeared on the ponds. TASTE TELLS ORGANIZE Name of Team Strong in Past Taken by New Ufub. The Taste Tells have been reorganized after an absence of several years from the local diamonds. Coach Percifiejd thinks that he will have one of the strongest semi-pro teams in the city. The line-up includes Benhke. Fercifield, Vogel, Rabe, Rube Wilbur, Todd Wilbur, Link. Bauers, Bradford, Anderson, Johnson, Kinlev. Bray, McCarthy, G. Weaver and Screes. For games with the T. T.s address Todd Wilbur, 1718 Bellefontaine St., or call Randolph 5603. CARPENTER IS BEATEN Reynolds Wins Fifth Match From Ohioan. Jack Reynolds, local welterweight wrestler, won two falls from Ray Carpenter, middleweight of Lancaster, Ohio, Tuesday night at Tomlinson Hal. In the semi-wind-up Walt Keegan of Rochester, N. Y., was thrown by Hugh Webb of this city in four minutes and twelve seconds. In previous matches Reynolds and Keegan have milled around the mat much longer than that. ‘TEX’ IS ALWAYS READY NEW YORK. March 21.—Tex Rickard is ready to match Mike McTigue, new world’s light heavyweight champion, against Gene Tunney, American champion, Georges Carpentier or Harry Greb, he announced.

Giants Ready Bv United Press SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 21. Very few changes are expected in the team of Giants that will start after the 1923 pennant. O’Connell will start in center field and Cunningham and Stengel will be retained as substitutes. Rawlings and Jackson are expected to be kept as infield substitutes and Anderson may displace Gaston as the third catcher.

Kamm Is Back B’l l tilted Pr> ss SEGUIN’, Texas, March 21.—After a week’s rest with a bruised knee, Millie Kamm was back at third base with the White Sox picture, lie took things easy and will not appear in the game with the Giants. He has not appeared in an exhibition yet, but there is not much doubt as to his ability.

New Infielder Fits in Well : By Time* Special BOGALUSA, La., March 21. — | Christenbury will do. That is the verdict of Manager Hendricks in the case of the North Carolina product. The former Boston Brave fitted in at the second base station from the opening day of infield practice. He handles ground balls in true fashion and seems to be suited to the difficult job of holding down the keystone sack. The infield at the Bogalusa Park is t bad, especially on the right side of &SL Uw diamond, but ch ristenbury has i>' been able to gauge the hard skimmers sent his way. He di? also shows well working with Sick- : jjr ing on double plays, and his arm is ,i strong. If the salary whip holds out when the heavy - . 5........ ... • campaign starts there doesn’t apCHRISTEN- pear to be anyquesBURY tion about Christie retaining the position left vacant when Captain Sicking was shifted to the’short field. Christenbury gives promise o t being the lead-off man In the Tribe batting order. He has an excellent position at the plate and looks the balls over carefully. He bats left-handed and takes a vicious cut at the ball when he swings. FRATERNAL LOOP MEETING The Fraternal Baseball Leag :e will meet tonight at 7:30 at the Em-Roe sporting goods store to perfect plans for the coming season. The league had a decidedly successful season last year. Its pennant winner, the Brookside Odd Fellows, also won the city championship. There are two vacant berths in the league and any team desiring to enter should have a representative at this meeting or call Ray Murphy, Drexel 1607. De Molay Net Practice Tho De Molay basket-ball team will practice tonight at the Manual gym at 7:30. The team Is working for the return game with the Toledo De Molays to be played in the Ohio city on March 31. Coach Harrington .will take nine men on the trip. All players jj ho wish to be considered for the Toledo trip must be put tonight.

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BASKET BITS • • • BOXING BIFFS * • * DIAMOND DI'ST RACING and OTHER THRUSTS

IS golf it good thing for major league ball players? The leading golf professionals of the country are undecided about it. Some say they don't think a ; certain amount of golf during the season will hurt a player’s J batting. They do admit that It is pos- | -ible for a ball player to overgolf. Others are inclined to believe that j golfing has a tendency to throw a bat- | ter off ids stride, particularly if he I plays very much during the season. The swing in golf and baseball is in striking contrast. An entirely different set of muscles is brought into play. So different is the swing that a ball player often finds trouble in de- : veloping accuracy as a golfer. On one thing the professionals are : a unit, and that is, that eighteen holes ■ of golf on a hot summer morning Is ; found to take some of the “pep" out lof the player for the afternoon ball game. •I- -I- -lJack Bentley, one of the star hold outs of the spring season, has patched up his differences with the New York Giants and will leave for San •Antonio, Texas., is the report from Baltimore. Jack wanted part of the purchase price. Whether he got a cut or not is a dark secret. -I- -I’ -I(living a daj off arid not much to do thf* N>w York Boxing romtnifminn Misprmled a rouple more Boxer*. including another champion. Mickey Walker, welter champ, and Cli&rley Nashcrt cot the official frown for their linHatihfactory behavior in a Buffalo licht. T -I- -IBill Brennan, who was injured in his bout with Louis Firpo, has been discharged from a New York hospital. He may abandon his ring career. Jack Reynolds beat Ray Carpenter last night at Tomlinson Hall. The two wrestlers have met so often they should know every hold each other has. •!- -I- -IBUD TAYLOR IS TRAINING AT THE ARCADE IN CHICAGO FOR HIS BOLT HERE APRIL 3 WITH JOHNNIE SHEPPARD.

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AMATEUR BOXERS IN STATE MEET H, A, C, Will Be Host on March 29, 30 and 31, A State wide tournament for tho amateur boxing championships of the State will be held at the iloosier ; Athletic Club gymnasium on March | 29, 30 and 31. The best amateur boxers from dis ferent sections of the State have en tered the contest and some lively bouts are expected during each night. The eliminations begin Thursday, j tlie 29th. The semi-finals will be on the 30th arid the finals the 31st, Each contestant must weigh In and make his prescribed weight at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Many applications are being re ceived from unattached boxers throughout the State and George Lipps, physical director of the It. A. C\, states that it is not necessary for a boy to he connected with any club in order to enter the tournament. His only requirements, and one that Is lr. sisted upon, is that he be a simon pure amateur, never having fought professionally. BRIDGES AT MARION, IND. Local Weller to Meet Cook in Scheduled Ten-round Go. Bobby Bridges, local welterweight, has been signed to meet Joe Cook,' welter boxer of Peoria, 111 , for a tenround contest, to be staged at the Coliseum al Marion, Ind.. on March 27. Tommy McDuff, local featherweight, and Dutch Meyers of Marion are to box eight rounds in the semi-final and Buck McMillin of Marlon anil K. O. Smith of this city are to appear on the card In a scheduled eight-round prelim. WHALEY MAKES SHOWING St. Ixiuis Sport Scribes Give Rill a Few Boosts. Reports from St. Louis are that Bill I Whaley, the Indianapolis ball player who is getting a tryout with the ! Browns, is making a good impression, j Whaley was purchased from Bay j City in Mint League by the Browns after he had enjoyed a good season last year. The Mound City scribes are impressed with Bill's ability to j play most any position. In the first j days at camp Whaley played first j base and handled himself well. He has been hitting well, also. Fifteen years ago the p-esent site of Bogalusa was a virgin pine forest. Today is boasts of a population of 15,000.

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IMS’ NET MEET STARTS THURSDAY Keystone Teachers to Play St, Anthony’s Y, P, C, In the first game of the Mapleton !A. C. girls' l ask' ball tournament tomorrow evening at the Mapleton gym the Keystone Tcaeheir ami .St. ; Anthony's Y. B. C. girls will nut In j what is expected :•> be Die feature contest ,*f the tourney. They nave met once this season ami the s.ore was 21 to 20 in favor of the Teachers. San ley Fee/Jv will tefere,- the game Friday evening the .Mapleton M ids take on the Bandana Maids (Heath .Memorials*, und the Hottetitots tangle : with the Thursday evening winners, nd Faturda.v evening will see the Friday evening tutors in the filial ■atlie. Ross Smith will officiate. \slde from winning the city chum- ; unship trophy cup for girls’ teams ! playing boys' rules, the winner will itifet the famout Brest O Lit- girls’ • am from Dayton. Ohio, at the local V M C. A gym Saturday, March 31. The Dayton u-ain i a veteran outfit an,l claims the independent championship of Ohio. MAPLETON DIAMOND CALL Huh to Have Representative Nine and Four-Team Is ague. "All out for baseball!” was the word 1 .at the Mapleton Athletic Club today as Director Oscar Cjueisser b ated his (kill for candidates for the blub's baseball teams. A meeting will be held at the clubhouse tonight at which plans for 1 the coming season will !><• outlined and to which all these interested are invited. A strong amateur team will be put in the field by the north side organ- j ir.ation and a road team may possibly , he organized. A league of four teams will be organized to play a Sunday ; morning schedule on the Fairview diamonds. Scott Does His St tiff NEW ORLEANS, March 21.—" Babe lluth will lead all comers in home runs next year and Tris Speaker will be the king of two-lmgger swatters," Everett Scott, star shortstop for the Yankees, predicted today. I Scott is an alleged shark on hazard-l mg guesses on many things, including what the other fellow is holding and what the favorite will do in the third race.

AMUSEMENTS THE 1923 JORDAN RIVER REVUE Indiana University’s Musical Show MURAT thur m s a d r a cTL ,ght If You Missed | BELLE BAKER! You Missed j A WOW l j Even the Birds Give Up When I Belle Begins to Sing And Every Other Act Is a Laugh! KEIUrS OF COURSE!

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xv C C Can vou Identify tills baseball player and tell an Interesting fact about him? This is one of a dozen •'Diamond l'uzz'ex lieinir printed consecutively by The Indianapolis Times The twelfth will be prmua] Saturday. March 31. Save your answers and send in the twelve before Tuesday. April 3. to the s|",r! Editor of The Indianapolis Times. Correct answer.-, and prize winners will be announced Saturday. April 7. bird is generally rated at the very top of liis profession. An all-star team that failed to include him would be like Hamlet without the melancholy Dane. This veteran has had a varied career filled with many unusual incidents, lie has had to prove his gameness on and off the ball field many times, and liis grim determination has never ns yet failed him. Like all big stars he was always at his best In the pinch. In a lop sided ball game he never exterted himself, but in the crisis he seldom failed, as he always had something in reserve. Ile was one of those brainy players who wasn't always putting his best foot forward. On the contrary, he was always holding back for the big moment to cut 10.,5e. Another Puzzle Tomorrow. Soccer Meeting Indianapolis Soccer Club will hold its weekly meeting tonight at 8 at the Chamber of Commerce. S. K. Henderson will speak on “Soccer Football in Indianapolis” and other important. developments will be discussed and the team to play against the Hoosier Rovers next Sunday will be selected.

BAD WEATHER MAY PROVE MAJOR CLUB HANDICAP Miller Huggins Has Hardly Had Chance to Look at His Yankee Stars, Bv HENRY L. FARRELL United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, March 21. —Bud weather encountered down South may impose a severe handicap on several major league teams ; expected to he prominent in the two pennant races. Miller Huggins ran into such bad weather at New Orleans that he has hardly had a chance to look over his rookies and the regulars have had no opportunity to work into shape. Erin Ward, the second baseman, is ill with the flu and Mike McNally, the only evailable utility infielder, has also been sick.z

Bah*- Ruth has trained off a lot of weight, but h* will fed the effects of bis a i tack of th<- tlu for some time. Both the White Sox and the Tigers, two clubs that the Yanks must watch closely have had better breaks with the weather and they are reported to be in splendid condition, especially the White Sox. The Pittsburgh Pirates, counted upon to he fighting all the way in the National League race, had the worst luck in their circuit. With the BosI ton Red Sox they were caught with a | had spell in Hot Springs and most of i their work had to be done indoors. With the Red Sox it wasn't such a set j bark as they do not seem to be headed i any place in particular, but a good ! start means a lot to the pennant ■chances of the Pirates. The Giants lost very little time in San Antonio and MeGraw has his world champions ready to start the final tuning up in the long series of exhibitions with the Chicago White Sox. Pat Moran also had good breaks with the Cincinnati Reds. Jake Paubert was caught with pneumonia before he started for the training camp and he may not he able to play for months, hut the Reds are well “Lovin' Sara" that fox-trot with the come-on-and-Ir dance melody, was never played with greater joyousness U than when Ted * mg Lewis and His Band 6 is made their Columbia V IPS Record of it. EM “Bees’ Knees” B3 is on the reverse side. At COLUMBIA DEALERS AMUSEMENTS RIALTO TONIGHT In Connection with Regular Show BOXING S—BIG BOUTS—S 2 Hours Fast Entertainment. Admission, 50c-75c —ii inn—mri nnriii n Miimmimwmmmmmmmmmm SAHARA GROTTO SOCIETY INDOOR CIRCUS Coliseum March 26 to 31 JT Bit. ACTS 60 STAR CIRCI s PERFORMERS •„* performances daily NO RESLRVKD skats $1 Admission

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supplied with reserves and the veteran may not be mised. s With Rube Benton signed and reported in the best of condition, the Reds look like a sweet prospect for Cincinnati. Pennants have established a custom of coming in cycles of four years for Pat Moran. He won with the Phils in 1917 and with the Reds in 1919. His 1923 outfit is now most promising. Fountain Square Meeting The Fountain Square A. A. will hold a meeting at H. C. Wellman home Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. All players are requested to be present. Games are wanted with any city and State semi-pro teams. Address 1309 Spann Ave., Al Bottin, phone Drexel 4360.

AMUSEMENTS Twirl Pallv All Week ‘•MIDNITE MAIDENS” 16—A CHORUS OF—l6 AMATEURS TONIGHT MARIE WHITE HE All (In Person) I NOON TO 11:00 P. M. ~r I JIMMY DOCTOR MUSIC CARR AND BAND IT’S “TICKLE TOE” MUSIC 808 MURPHY AND Ruth Howell | ADAMS * Duo i MORIN HART, WAGNER & ELTIS HARVEY & | HERRICK MORGAN ! HART CO.— Thoto Play BILLIE DOVE —and CULLEN LANDIS in “YOUTH TO YOUTH’* MATS., 15c. 25c. EYES.. 25c. 40c. _ MOTION PICTURES Another Hit for JACKIE COOGAN In his Latest Comedy Drama ; “DADDY” Overture. ‘ William Tell.” Rossini i MODEST ALTSCHULER ] Musical Director Christie Comedy “Second Childhood" Organ Solo “Pavlowa Gavotte” Walter Fiandorf j. Doors Open 12 Noon.